Affairs Quotes

954 Affairs quotes by 671 unique authors

Jesus does not respond to our worry-filled way of living by saying that we should not be so busy with worldly affairs. He does not… — Henri Nouwen
The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but… — Nassau William Senior
I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and… — Mae Whitman
We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground… — John Yoo
Luck, good or bad, is the invisible play of mind upon affairs, the effect of mental aptitudes and habits which are not in sight, but… — James Vila Blake
As Minister of Foreign Affairs. I will work on deepening Haiti's links with its traditional partners from the North and the South, while exploring all… — Laurent Lamothe
The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never… — George F. Kennan
Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs. — Sidney Hook
... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find… — Symeon the New Theologian
Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern… — Barry Goldwater
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure and business labor… — Arthur Helps
In small settlements everyone knows your affairs. In the city everyone does not-only those you choose to tell will know about you. This is one… — Jane Jacobs
I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs. — Gerard Depardieu
World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the… — George P. Shultz
Maybe it's true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn't… — David Frum
You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. — Joshua Bell
In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do. — Sandy Berger
Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is to provide our veterans with a system that cares for… — Steve Buyer
I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport. — Anna Chlumsky
While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. — Frances Bean Cobain
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. — Helen Gahagan Douglas
Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind. — Mary Hunter Austin
Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and resent (quite properly)… — Robert A. Heinlein
All human affairs follow nature's great analogue, the growth of vegetation. There are three periods of growth in every plant. The first, and slowest, is… — Henry Ward Beecher

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